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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY ; AUGUST' 15 , 1S91-TWELVE PAGES. INDUSTRY'S PRECIOUS TONES. /The / Echoes of Energetic Activity in the Store house of the Northwest. 'WIIERB ' FORTUNE SMILHS ON INTELLIGENT LABOR , end Oich Mlnernl Districts Coming to the Front Active D < T- .vclopmont In Wyoming A Sample Nevada Nugget Progress In Other Fields of Industry Sum mary of the Week's Events. nimi.x i'aim I'iminno. . For two WOOKS past the greatest Intoro.it Tins been aroused throughout the country by n decision of Judge AlUou of Sioux Fall * , S. I ) . , thwarting the efforts of cortuin proud- dent eastern society ladles to obtain divorces in a quiet and Inconspicuous manner. The decision was to the effect that only persons who hud corao to South Dakota with the idea of pnnimnontrosidcncocould secure divorces. Mine , do Stours , a uleco of the Into John Jacob Astor , and Mrs. Jiiincs G. Bhiine , jr. , \vero the prominent members of n collection of 103 fashionable women who were waiting their turn In the Sioux Fulls divorce mill. Uow they will Imvo to m-ok other ilelJ.v The "Mecca of Divorce" is the title which the eastern papers have uostowod on Slou x Falls In honor of the rush of pilgrims scok- \asf \ relief from the bonds of matrimony. In Its palmiest days Sioux Full * was n Rccond-rato dlvorco factory compared with Martinez , Gal. , situated within two hours' ridu of San Francisco. The Examiner of the latter city shows that the Marlinedlvnrco mills were provided with the latest improved machinery to turn nut decrees with neatness mid dispatch , as well as sccrocv. An Inves tigation of the county recorder's oillco of Contra Costa county shows a most startling condition of nlTnlrs. Jn llvo years thorn have boou U17 divorces , to a total population for the county of 13,515 by the census of 1800. 1800.Of Of these 317 cases 1C ! > of the complainants were women , that is. 01 per cent of the dl vorco suits were the actions of dissatisfied wives against troublesome husbands. By actual count thuro were forty-two di vorces In 18SO when it llrst became the fash ion to visit Marline/ n divorce. Noxtycar tbo rumor reached the eastern slatci and the numoor increased to IIfly. Then the pil- prlmago began and sixty-two was the figure for 18h8n growth altogether incommensurate with the slow increase of population In this county. Hut 1SSU was the boom dlvorco year lii .Martinez and sovcnt.v-tlvo were the result , o number nearly doubling the llcurcs of three years before. Martinez is peculiarly adapted to the "quiet" dlvorco" , for the reason that it is u elcepy , conservative town , In the midst of u sleepy , conservative country , where one po litical faith has prevailed fora quarter of a century. In fact , ono of the county officers has repeated his terms of. otllco for twenty- eight years , mid the other olllcors are not so very far behind the record. The amiable administration of the court In Martina/ aeoms to hevo been an inviting refuge for the dissatisfied wives. A I1UOIO GOj | ) NliGGHT. A Flfiy-Throo Ounce Lump on ICvhiki- tloii in Suit Imko. Ono of the sights of Salt Lake City , ac cording to the Tribune- , n lifty-throo ouuoo gold nugget , worth about $1,000 , picked up in tno Osceola g'-avol mines. These great placers are ono of the resources of Utah , al though located about twonth miles over the line in Novada.butthov boloiigmostly to Utah men and It Is Utan labor , energy and enter prise which Is developing nnd operating tnein. The nugget Is a well rounded small boulder , t but only polished enough to indicate tnat it had not traveled far baforo resting in the gravel bed from which It was taken. It oamo from a point 103 feet deep and about ono thousand foot farther up the stream than where a nugget was tikou some yobM ago , wnlch contained gold to the value of § 5,000. Then another time a nugjot weighing slxty- seven ounces was taken from a point 500 foot down the channel from where this ono came , tuid a largo number of amallor nuggets huvo coma from that Immediate locality. These placers nro In an old channel which has boon filled above bed rock from a depth of a few feet up to over three hundred foot , in a distance of four milns , mid an average of 1,000 fectln width. To work out all this great bar of pravol will require a great many yours. The two streams of water used for washing como from way up'in the Wheeler moun tains near the peak , and from these wntor Is convoyed by flumes and ditches , ono ditch being ton miles long and the other .eighteen miles. Up to July So , this season , those ditches gave n How of about L',400 minors' inches , but slnco then the water has boon trotting less until it is now about 2,000 inches , and will m-obably continue about that amount the balance of the soasou , which will close only with the coming of frost enough to stop work. Slnco this channel of four miles of gravel averages about S50 foot in depth and 1,000 feet wide , it will bo soon that thu time required to wash all this pravol down will require several venerations. The finding of this uuggott referred to nbovo , suggests moro than placer mining there. It is about ono milo from where It was found to the summit ou that side , and the richest gravel is on that side of the chan nel. The vein from which these lumps of quartz ami gold came from cannot ho a great distance away , and search is bolng made for them. It Is not unreasonable to expect the discovery of very largo tind rich quartz lodes bearlmr gold in that immediate vicinity. There nro many small veins of gold-bourlng quartz in the mountains not fur off , and sonm development has boon imido on them , but that country is us yet practically undevel oped , in fact Is not yet prospected. The provol company should , if we reason from former years of operation , tnko out from StM,000 ) to f200,000 worth of gold this season. It Is certainly a great property , as it has boon developed and improved. FllKSIiNl' MKTH01 > S OIJ' MINING. Gront IinnroveinrntH , MtitliodH anil Machinery. Within the past ft w years many old , aban doned mines Imvo boon reopened and started up , writes Charles G. Yale in August Over land. During the earlier period of quartz _ jnlnug ! thousands of claims were taken up nml worked up and worked after n fashion by men who had Httin oxporlonco , and who thought of a gold mlno ni u small mint. Jix- travngant Ideas , busoa on assays of speci mens , led to many foolish ventures which turned out disastrously. Experience was gained from these severe lessens nud a gradual change oamo ever the business. High-priced ofticlals worn done away with and only vfflcioiu mon employed In the various departments. Meantime the country was opunoa uu by better wagon roaus and railroads ; pro/lslims and supplies were cheapened , custom mills became moro common and a general tenoning of co t was apparent. Then also came u inoro thorough knowledge of the methods of itnving gold and greater care in conducting - ing operations. Improvements In mill , ing appliances and systems Imvo had a great deal to do with this , since they nro now abio to mlno and mill ore at very much less con tnau formerly , and mines that would run the company In debt twenty years ngo now yield n handsome protlt. The cost of milling Is out u fraction ot the former amount. A promi nent causa of this Is the use of water power iusti'iid of steam , many of the mills in the central and northern part of the state being now run by water , In some cases witter U only available n portion of the year , and steam power must bo used during the season when water Is scarce. U Is vciy probublo ( tint within the next few years still further ehangos will bo itmdo by the Introduction of electricity for power , this having already been done in several instance * . Where the -conditions are fnvorublo n stream some miles awny may bo utilized by moans of I'oiton water wheels , whlrh run the dynamo * , Iho current thus generated being carried to the uotors at the inhio and will. All throujh the mountain region of the gold belt there are plenty of streams which can furnish power In this way. way.A A I'OHTAiSH KAIL-WAY. An Important Work Proposed In Oregon. The Columbia Ulvor Hallway and Naviga tion company submits to the people of Port- laud n proposal for opening tno river to trans portation by completing the portage railway , which has been bcguu around Tbo Dales the north sldo of the river , and by putting on steamboats and barges to do the river work. The portage railway at the Cascades , built under the direction of the state of Oregon , Will supply the link necessary for a transpor tation line at that place. In consideration of the taking by citizens of 1'ortland and other places of joOO.OOd of llrst mortgage 0 per cent forty year bonds of said company , the company will bind Itself to complete within eight months n llrst-cinss standard guago railroad on the north side of the Columbia river to a pluco upon the Colum bia and Snnko rivers , east of The Dalles , nt least two llrst-class steamer ? and n sUlllclont number of barges to handle all the truillc which may bo tributary to the Columbia ami Snuko rive as far as Lowlstou and upon all portions of the Columbia river accessible to steamers from ths eastern or upper tormlnus of said railway , to plnco nt least one first class Htcatuer , with all the barges that may bo necessary , botwocn the Dalles and the Cas cades of the Columbia river , and u suflleient number between the Cascades and Portland to handle all tne tr.illlc. The company will also , by contract for that purpose , guarantee the rate of freight chnrgos on grain from said points on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers to the city ot Portland for a period of at least five years , which shall bo at least : ! 0 per cent less than any rail rates which may nt any time bo made by the Union Pacille company for the same or similar distances , provided said com pany shall not bo required by Mich coutract to carry gralu > it less than 1 cent per ton per mile. lu connection with the line the company will build a system of narrow gauge feeders to all points tributary to it. When comnloto the system will comprise about six hundred and forty miles of narrow gauge road. The water routes comprise about seven hunurcd miles of navigable water , together with eighty miles tributary to the system of feeders - ors mentioned above. TAX ON BACIllCLOUS. Kate Field Unthiisiastically Com mends the AVyomiiiK IJM.W. Miss Kato Field In her Washington dis courses knowingly on the folllos of bachelor- dom , talks learnedly and from experience on "old maids , " and thus commends a Wyoming statute : The \Vyomlng legislature has passed a law taxing bachelors $3 a year. Whether the fact that women vote there has anything to do with this now departure I don't know , but why isn't it a just tax ) Socloty says tea a woman , "It's your business to bo married as soon after you have made your debut as possible. OtnenvUo you'll oo called an old maid , than which there can bo no epithet moro odious. But you can't cheese u hus band. That would bo most unwomanly. You must wall to bo asked. " The rnsult is that the average woman takes what offers not what she wants rather than risk her chances on the future ; and men stalk about literally the lords of crea tion. tion.Woll Well , if these lords don't cheese to take upon themselves the responsibilities of ma- rimony , why should not they pay a penalty ? Just so long as women nro taunted for living In single blessedness , just so long should un married men bo taxed. This tax should begin - gin at the ngo of thirty , and bo doubled every IH'O years , unless a bachelor proves that ho has been crossed in love , or is true to some Saint Maria whoso memory Is dearer to him than the smiles of sirens still allvo. Poverty , perhaps might bo an extenuation of the offense ; in this case it would bo well to muko the bachelor work out his tax In some wuy useful tn the state , while the vic tims of blighted affection could bo utilized in charity organizations. The more I think this matter over the moro richteous I think the tax. If rigidly en forced it might relieve the embargo on women. SVhon the sexes stand on equal ground. It will bo in order to tax both bache lors and old maids. ItANliK PKOF1T3. The Decline < > ! ' tlioCultlu Huslness In Wyoming. The Buffalo Echo started out to Investigate the range cattle business of northern Wyom ing and demonstrate the profits of stock rais ing. "Wo had up to this time , " says the Echo , "labored under the impression that properly conducted , w'ltr. economical man agement , that business could bo made to pay a handsome dividend to inventors , particu larly as at the present writing the outlook for Increased returns from nu Improved market and for safe wintering of cattle by ronson of excellent feed on the ranees , wn ? brighter than It has boon since the disastrous winter of 18SO-7. In hunting up facts and itgurcs upon which to haso our calculations wo naturally aimed to got them from the experi ences of a largo herd.Vo have before us the figures of ono of Johnson county's cattle com panies , and they load us to the conclusions thut success in the raising of cattle on the range Is ono of the things of the past , "This company placed on the range 10,053 head ot cows and heifers , and after adding to this herd the Increase of two seasons and an additional herd of ' , ' ,500 head , it has now according to the sworn statement of Its manager , but 11,400 head In all. In other words , this company has met with n not loss , lu two seasons equal to the entire herd It started witli and about 1,000 head of the Increase , so that the shareholders of this company are out In three years , the value of 1,000 cattle plus the operating expenses for that period , also the shrinkage In the value of four four horse or mule teams , wagons , mowing machines , hayrako and farming and otiior utouslls used In the management of aucn nn extensive concern from the cost price to $ US ! , that being the amount listed by thorn this year. "Thoso facts force us to the conclusion thut there Is no moro money now in the cuttlo business than thuro U In Investing In town lots In au addition live miles from the city limits. USUKV UPHKLI ) . The North Dakota StiUuio SiiHtnlnod by Iho State Supreme Court. The supreme court of North Dakota pro nounces constitutional the usury law passed by Iho legislature of iS'JO. The facts In the case which was before the court were as follows : The action win com menced before Judge Tompluton In Grand Forks by the Vermont loan and trust com pany vs. II. L , Whittled. It was brought to recover from Whittled judgment on a prom issory note , and Iho statement of tbo case on trial showed that on July i , 1890 , Whittled executed and delivered ; to the company ante nto for fTO , duo m tlvo years and bearing Interest at the rate of 7 per cent. At the tune of tbo execution of the obligation Whithed received fJOO , utid DO moro. By agreement of thn parties the remaining $75 was retained by the loan lirm as a compensa tion or fco for making the loan. The polut In controversy was whether the transaction comes within thosnvlngclnusoof the statute , which provides thot a fee may bo retained if the Interest and fee together does not ex ceed 1'J per cent per annum. The compensa tion and Interest at tbo rate of 7 per cant for the time of the note llvo years does not ex ceed 1'J per cent and hence the validity of the note is claimed. Tbo court hold that , ns It exceeds the sum of IS percent for the llrst year , It Is void. The defendant also claimed that the statute was void by reason of mak- lni ? an exception In Its operation lu favor of building and loan associations. This point was overruled by the court. Thu decision of Judge Tcmpleton was against the law , but by decree of the supreme court this Is re versed ntul the action Is dismissed. The practical , effect of the law will bo to GO away with the fco business In malting loans , which runs up the rate of Interest paid the llrst yoar. THIS HOIHK VAIjMJY. The Garden Spot of tin ; .Mountain- Looked State. The ttolsc valley Is in southern Idaho , With an average elevation of J,500 , feet , and con tains about ono million acres of land , says the Nampa Leader , ' The land is what Is known as desert and sago brush land , and is con- ended to bo tbo most productive soil known. Its nature is of a sandy loam character , nud being the waih from the sides of the moun tains for centuries. It contains all the uilnor.il and voROtahio elements nocutsary to MIIKO it rich and fertile , mid being fed nnd sustained by the warm and fertilizing Ingredients from the Irrigating ditches , the land never becomes exhausted and can bo used for generations without the use of artificial fertilizers. In this low altitude , with a mild nnd equable climate , these lands arc particularly adapted to the raising of fruits of all kinds , and already the demand for fruit lands is placinir upon them n clear market value of irom fciO to $100 per aero , and ns thn fruit crown upon them is acknowledged to bo of the ilncst llavor and choicest quality , It will only bo a short time until these values are moro than doubled. Tsampa stands almost In the center of tills vast body of agricultural land , nnd although but a llltlo over three years old , it Is the largest shipping and receiving point In the Snake Hlver vallev. Nampa Is on the Oregon Short Line railroad , 500 tnllos from Portland nud about the same distance from Salt Lake City. It is the junction of the Idaho Central railroad for 15oiso City , only twenty miles nway , the beautiful capital of the stato. To tl.o north and south now railroad facilities nro now contemplated , that will at once make It the commercial and manufacturing city uf Idaho. It commands the trndo of the rich mining camps of Silver City and Dc- Lnmar on the south , nnd Iho productions of this valley will always Hud Nampa the best and only distributing point. Wo huvo no boom. Wo do not wish any. Bring your clear head with you nnd investigate the country and its resources. ' 11 IK WJiAtiTIl OF CAUIIJOU. A Mich Strike In n Colorado Mining Camp. All Colorado Is In a ferment of excitement over reports of ar. enormously rich silver strike in the Pomeroy mountains near Cari bou. bou.Tho The strlko was made n few days ago , on Pomcroy mountain , by John C. Stewart. Ho exhibited specimens In Uouldor weighing from QUO to throe pounds each , and almou solid silver. The sight has awakened all the old mining spirit and snveral parties lott for the new llold to investigate and prospect. Pomeroy mountain , where the llnd was made , is situ ated on the main range , about n milo north west of Caribou , and just across u beautiful little park from the celebrated Caribou hill , from which , through the old Caribou , No Name , IJolchor , Moorman and others , many millions hnvo been produced. Hero is located ono of the finest and rich est silver districts in Colorado , though for vcan the camp has boon dead by reason of litigation in mines and u lack of transporta tion. Many years ago , when Caribou was a busy camp , prospectors found several largo pieces of lloit at the foot of Pomeroy mountain , composed of almost solid native silver , silver glance and horn silver. These pieces weighed several hundred pounds und returned a value of over § 18,000 to the ton. Since that time prospectors have been con stantly searching for the vein where this rich flout came from , but the whole country there was covered with a slide of loose rock nnd earth about litty feet deep , so prospect ing could only be done by crosscuttin g , that is by sinning a shaft through the slide and running a tunnel at right ancles with the strata. A few weeks ligo the first discovery was inado by Mr. Carlisle. It was enormously rich , but evidently only a feeder to n larger vein. Last week , only 500 feet from the Pandora , as the first strike Is called , the second was made , and it Is oven richer than'the llrst. from the records of the rich lloat , found it is evident that there exists u still larger vein somewhere in the vicinity of the same kind of miticraland it is thought these discoveries will soon load to oven moro wonderful devel opments developments that will cast In the shade oven the wonderful mines of Nevada. There have been many rich silver mines touiid in Colorado , but never anything so rich In fissure veins as this Is. Old ' miners who uro familiar with the district are confident that the two finds just mada are only the bo- ( Jinnlng. TJIIO HAM ) MOUNTAIN CAMl' . A Now Mineral Ko lon of Great PromiNO In Wyoming. Hov. II. H. Austin of Buffalo nnd Dr. Under of Laramlo have made a personal in vestigation of the Bald mountain mining camp nnd declare the reports Irom that region arc not overdrawn. Tholr Impressions and experiences are thus given In the Buffalo Echo : There is not a single gulch or depression within a radius of from llvo to ton miles of the summit of Bald mountain that does not contain from ono to ton prospectors. The very atmosphere of the whole camp is ono of buoyancy nnd expectancy , nerving the min ors to constant nnd fresh oxer ions to llnd better paying streaks of dirt than others nro working. Mr. Austin tells of the Buckley claim , thut the day before ho arrived there , ouo man washed out $11 worth of gold in twonty.flvo mlnutos. Asked whether ho did uot moan n clean up of twenty-live min utes , ho said no. It was twenty-llvo minutes of actual sluicing thut produced $11 worth of gold.Much Much attention Is now bolng paid to the working of the cement formation near the summit of the camp , where decomposed quartz gran I to , gravel and sand Is found cemented together , and interspersed with minute partlclos of gold dust , and occasional pieces of the precious metal as largo as pin- heads. The sluicing now going on on the Duelley claim is about ono milo northwest of the summit , und the mm working that claim assort that the higher up they work the richer the dirt. Messrs. Bock , Thurman and others have laid out a tawnslto about ouo ami a half miles u little east of north of the summit ana have begun the erection of a roomy store building mid several dwelling houses. The Shorl- dtau manufacturing company are making preparation * to tnovo their sawmill to the camp , and the minors expect to bo snugly housed for winter before It freezes up. Fresh accessions to the camp are arriving daily and the country round about Buhl mountain is allvo with prospectors. A now mining district has just been formed cast of the original Sherldlan district ami hundreds of claims have been staked out. Dr. Under , who is by no moans n tiovlco In matters of this kind , assorts that thu Bald mountain mining district is the largest and richest placer gold district on this continent. THE CUKVKNNKS. A CommlHHlon Considering the Ques tion of Kemoval. Montana Is determined to unload the Choy. onno branch of thn Sioux tribe on the Dn- kotas , and the latter are equally determined to pravont. In order to .pacify both sides the government appointed n commission to In- vostlgnto the question. The commission con- slsts of Major Charles E. Pease of St. Louis , A. it. Applumati of Columbus , O. , George H. Harries of Washington , I ) . C. They have spent two mouths nt Pine Itldce , Hosobud and Brulo agencies on thu Missouri , nrrang ing the boundaries of the reservation nnd other matters of dispute between the Indians , and have now uoforo them the difficult mut ter of deciding what to do with thoChoyonnn In dluns located at Fort ICeogh and Lamedor. Thu members uro now -Montana , looking over the groucd. The commission has 110 iatimaUoa of the nature ofits report MONTANA 1'JjACKItS. Plenty ofVater ItidiicoH Uncommon Activity. The unusual rainfall of spring nnd summer In Montana has boomed placer mining. Creeks are running Untiles full nud dust nnd nuggoti nro flowing Into the buckskin hags Careful observation , by aid of thn state exchanges - changes , Is convincing'of the tact that the season's clean-up will meat the expectation of tbo most sanguine. Ono noticeable feature Is the working of nb&ndoncd claims , mostly abandoned years ago owing to tbo high price of supplies and lubar , This season's plen tiful water supply Im reminded many an old timer who has for yours boon engaged In en terprises other than mining , of some bar or gulch to which ho has this season turned his steps , rigged up mid gene to work with most flattering results. Within four mills of I'lol- enn , says the Journal , two miners have for the past three months been working In n lit tle gulch with pick nnd shovel , cleaning up an average of above nn ounce of gold a day. and such Incidents nro being experienced throughout the stato. Gary and Ewlng huvo llvo men working the old Sa- bolsky placers In tbo Lowland district In JetTorsoii county , and seem to have struck rich pay , as a clean up shows a saving of ft2 a day to the man. A reservoir will bo built to gather water to Insure a regular supply. The placer gold crop will bo gathered by the Alontunlaus who own it , and by whom It will bo spent lu Montana , not moro than 0110- totith being sent out of the state to nonresident dent owners. The crop docs not hnvo to seek a market , it is current money , oven before Uncle Sum's stamp Is put upon It ; for these reasons $1,000,000 recovered from the plar-er gravels has n far greater ollect upon the bus iness interests and prosperity of the state than the same amount recovered from quartz , as a largo percentage of the dividends pahlby companies operating quartz mines is paid to non-resident stockholders whoso lut.gs nro never inflated witn the invigorating and llfo- prolonging air of Montana. The placer re sources of Montana have not , for some time past , received the attention deserved. In all the discussions concerning the government constructing Immense storage reservoirs to impound the spring waters which run waste to the sea , on their way bringing havoc nnd destruction to the southern states , thn advo cates have with hardly a single exception treated the subject as belonging to Irrigation alone , overlooking the vast wealth In gold which abounds In every channel , gulch and bar of the mountains and foothills of M n- tatin , Irrecoverable owing to the inadequate supply of water , 'this lacl seems either to be unappreciated , or if ever realized , over looked or forgotten. These gold bearing bars and gulches will never become agricultural lands and these interested lu tbo irrigation of the arid lands , can nowise bo Injured by join ing bands with the owners of placer grounds ana each working for a common object. There is on exhibition in the First National bank at Helena , snys thu Journal , a quantity of Virginia placer gold that revives interest in a famous placer camu. Fifteen thousand dollars In nuggets and coarse gold Is not washed out of the gravels every new moon in these degenerate days of quartz mhilnir. and when Walter .1. King , the nuperintondcsiit , came in from the Confederate Gulch placers at Diamond City , owned and operated by James King , with the result of a two days' clean up packed in old baking powder cans it seemed to tbo old placer minor that the good days had como again. The present clean up "was but preliminary , as it will re quire three months with n force of men to thoroughly clean lip the bed rock so far ex posed , and from this data this clean-up fur nishes , Mr. King conliuently calculates that the season's clean-up will fully reach ? 75,000 , a pretty good crop for a'wet ' season. The history of Confederate Gulch and Montana bar , which Jits' ' within its area , is Interesting und romantic in the extreme. Diamond City was , When Meagher county was created , its county seat , and the ruins of the ono btory court house still exists. During its days of pride as a uliiccr camp over 1,250- 000 of gold was recovered from the bars and channels in a single season , Then its glory seemed to have departed , but James King , who began mfuiug there in 1S7 ( ! , believed - lioved that the thread of the gulch acting as n ground sluice would prove remunerative and ho gradually secured title to the entire water rights , and for years has been working up the deep channel until now the gravel bank is from fifty to sixty foot In depth. The flume is now ever n milo in length ; tno water supply is from Boulder creek and is brought to the workings through a ditch seven mill's in length and is used through giants under 100 feet head. At the rate of progress made during the fast few .years Mr. lUng estimates that the entire gulch will bo worked out within the next llfty years , nnd it is without doubt today the most extensive placer ground in thi > stato. Prof. Spillsbury some years since stated that the placer resources of Montana were not appreciated ; that all the old digijlngs could bo worked profitably by bed rock sluiclug.tha situation of the gulches affording immediate dumping ground , thus avoiding the debris question which practical ly stopped extensive placer mining in Cali fornia. Mr. King has certainly solved the ( luostion as to Confederate gulch as others will as to the remainder. Montana will bo known years to como us an immense producer of placer gold. P U n 13 WIllTIi QUA1 ITZ. Valuable Mineral Discovered in Cas per MoiintniiiH. Among the vuluablo discoveries made In Wyoming Is that of pure white quartz sand In the Casper mountains. This considered the most valuable glass making sand known , nnd promises to revolutionize the gloss trado. The Casper Derrick says : Lead , lima and soda uro found in great abundance 'ill through the west and especially in Wyoming , but the liner quality of snml used in the manufac ture of glass , which is really pure white quartz ground into satia , has eluded the keen search that for yours has been made for it un til within the past week , when it was discov ered for the first time in the United States , in the locality named abovo. It is found in the Casper mountains in n solid ledge and of virginal puritv , und tno quantity is sullicieiit to supply all the glass manufacturers in the United States for years to come , indeed it is impossible to estimate the extent of this lodge und it Is almost impossible to estimate tbo value of the discovery , not only to Casper and the surrounding country , but to tbo United States at largo. Samples of the quartz have already boon sent to the principal glass manufacturers of Pennsylvania and the re sult of their decision will bo awaited with great interest. It Is a material that has long been sought for In this country and will bo the moans of reducing the cost of plate gloss nnd line cut glass nnd placing the United States In a position to bo perfectly independ ent of all foreign countries in tbo production of all articles of gloss ware. Washington Valuations. By way of comparison with assessed valua tion methods In vogue In Nebraska , these of Washington are Interesting. The three most populous counties In the state are King , Pierce and Hpokano , in the order named. In these counties are located , respectively , Seat tle , Taeoma and Spokane. The assessment in these three counties for 1SUO and for this year are as follows : iVmnttes , 1SJO. 1K ) | . Increase. I'liTco . jiraiKii : isn.oho.jw wi.msio King . ntii5.5 7i.iawa : ! ja.s . 'M Spokane . i..Uc'.Ntt 4IIKWUU ! The increase In Piprco county is therefore nearly li)7 ) jicr cent , while In King county It Is only about .V > per cent , and in Spokane about 60 per cent. The ' eltlos range in popu lation us follows : Seattle . , KI7 Tai'omu. . . . ' . . ; U1,000 Huiikana . HUB ! The enormous Incrcnsn In Plereo county U duo to the rivalry between Tucoma and Seattle , the former being determined to boat the latter nt any cost. But the taxpayers are already squealing und Inquiring , "Does the advertisement pay ! " Thu Increase all round Is entirely unwarranted by last year's growth. It Is duo to thu necessity of In creasing taxation to moot past obligations. U joining. Laramlo Is bullalug a $5,000 fire engine house. Thu Hawllns-Saratoga stage line Is croud- od with business. There nro 5.1HH ) miles of Irrigating ditches In the Platte valley. The people's party U catching iU second wina , mainly in tbo towns. Sixteen hundred foot of work has been done on ll'J claims In the Uold Hill district. One hundred and sixty thousand hhoop uro ou the trull for shipment from Kock Creek. Charley Heaven , a Chuycuuo darky , is try- Ing to got on n butting match with a hardheaded - headed follow at Laramlo. A substantial ST > 0,000 vlnduct has been built ever the railroad tracks In Choyantic. The Cheyenne opera hotiso sold for f.10,000 and will bo transformed Into nn oillco build ing. ing.Tho The Swan Laud nnd Cattle company has sued Carbon county on account of lamb sold for taxes. J. S. ICarpor has struck oil near Sundaiico with n flow of eight barrels per day at depth of 100 feet. The date of the st.v.c tournament nt Kock Springs has boon changed from August 17 and IS to August 'Jl and ' . ' . " > . It Is now certain that from sixty to seventy good horses will bo entered In various races at Choyenuo during the September meeting. The Silver Crown mining camp U excited over the disappearance of Tom Itumford , no trace of whom hai been found since July -S. The Union Pacific freight receipts ntChoy- onno for the mouth of July were J',000 great er than for the corresponding mon th of lust year. A flno specimen of an ngatlred tree stump , measuring twenty-six Inches long nnd twen- tv-otio Inches lu diameter is ou exhibition In Saratoga. Bald Mountain claims Its first victim. It. D. Darlington , who was thrown from a horse some time ngo.und died of his Injuries on the nth. He was a well known prospector. Miss Cora McDonald , who resigned as principal ot the Cheyenne high school to accept the United States historical chair at the state university , will bo succeeded by Allss Cclla Ford. Cattle "rustling" Is falling Into dlsuso In the stato. The recout vigorous pursuit of thieves and the conviction of John Tro- goulng will have n tendency to chock Iho rascally business. William Jeffs , a blacksmith In the railroad shops tit Evaustou , went chicken bunting last week nnd was brought homo n corpse. He placed his gun barrel foremost In the wngon. Usual result , Mr. Jorts leaves a wife and six children. The Laratnle and Scotts Bluffs Irrigation company have Hied an application with the state oneincnr for sufficient water from the 1 'latto river to irnirato ! i,5C.O acres of land in Wyoming. The balance of the company's land Is In Nebraska. Tbo water strike nt Rawllns is n genuine spouting lartosian well. An eight-inch pipe h.is been run sixty-five feet nbovo the surface and water gushes from it in a full stream. The well Is : ! 07 feet deep. The quality of Iho wn'er could not be bottor. It Is clear , pure und soil. The shooters of Cheyenne , numbering half a hundred , and Including some of the experts of the Itocky Mountain Sportmcn's associa tion , havn arranged for n division tourna ment to bo held nt the fair grounds near that city September I , 'J , ! ) nudt. . Thuro will bo thirty-two events , some extras nnd ? l00 ! added money. Live birds will bo reserved for the lost day. Every number on the card will bo open to tbo world. Professionals Will bo handicapped by the Keystone system. 'Montana. Francis Murphy's converts In Helena num ber sr.,000. A Chinese smuggler was killed by lightning at Great Falls. A bunch of Chinamen were recently nabbed while crossing the boundary. Tbo Gruhito Mountain mine in Montana has paid $11.000,000 In dividends within the last llvo years. Eucono Shortsleovo , a resident of Butte for ton years and formerly deputy sheriff , committed suicide. The Montana world's fair commission has progressed to the point of arranging the salariesfor the members. The Rosebud wool shipment Is now finally cleaned up and amounts in exact figures to J7J : , . " > li ( pounds , an Increase of 4'J,4'J4 pounds ever last season's shipment. The Montana Central railroad company is going to have Iho Wickcs tunnel lined with brick nnd stono. The tunnel is 0,112 feet in length and the work will bo done by con tract. Ono of the Dawson county cattle compa nies has L.-en shipping twenty-five carloads of the best beef cattle that ever ate Montana grass , every day for the last ton days , and will keep up the gait until lli.OOO head Imvo gene forward from ono yard. A Helena letter carrier named Atkins brought suit for $20,001) ) damages against William Weinstein & Co. , a grocery firm. They wrote two loiters to Posmastor Gen eral WunamoUer culling Atkins u "bilk , " and said he would uot pay a bill for gro ceries. The commissioners of Yellowstone county will shortly issue $ T > .SOJO , in bonds to pay all outstanding warrants , nud will start in to pay cash for their warrants iu future. Tbo bonded indebtedness of tbo county is already $111,000 , bearing interest at" per cent , Tno now bonds will boartl par cent Interest. SVhen ex-Senntor Tabor of Denver was in Helena a week or two ago ho saw a number of owners of mining property , whoso hold ings were scattered not only pretty well over the state , but also in Idaho. It is estimated that ho took bonds on good proper I IBS owned by Helena people the aggregate of which will reach $500,000. The largest of the deals is for $200,000. During a violent storm at Helena lightning sturck the frame dwelling of John Anderson on the outskirts of town , toro the chimney into frnEmunts , and , dividing into two cur rents , and ran down , each side of the house , melting the nails iu the walls and allowing the boards to drop off in several places. Ono part of the bolt went through n screen door , melting nil the wire work and strikinc a dog lying on the porch at the feet of Mrs. Ander son , killed it instantly , but Mrs. Anderson was not affected In the least. There was a black line Uio entire length of the animal from the tip of i's tail to the end of its nose , nnd it was not known that it was dead until nn effort was made to arouse him. South Dakota. A body of galena ere averaging $ lfi per ton was struck oh the 101 Ic Mountain mino. Work has commenced ou the Unpid City , Missouri Uivor & St. Paul road at the Kapld City ond. The Portland company Is getting readv to ship 700 tons of ere from Trojan lode , The ere Is refractory and runs from $10 to $00 per ton lu gold. Casey nnd Barker nro actively pushing work on the Deadwood hotel. The original plans nro to bo onlarcod aud the completed structure will represent nn Investment of $1 ,000. Regular semi-monthly shipment of bullion from Black Hills mines was made aggregating nearly $11(5,000 ( , Including usual bricks from the Caledonia , Ilomustaku und associates nnd a $15,000 beauty from IboUoldon Reward chlorination works. A largo body of olllclous ere , running $2S per ton In gold , has been uncovered ut the head of Poorman's gulch. In the free milling gold bolt. The property belongs to local par ties , who are now arranging to put up works nnd treat It by chlorinatlou. The Harnoy Peak company last week re ceived two largo Knowlas pumps , which will bo used on Coates and Cowboy mines. The Tin Miner sa.v.s that stations have already been prepared for thorn. These pumps nro capable of looping the water out of the mines for u lung while to como. The state board of equalization , In session nt Pierre , has fixed the rate upon which the Western Union telegraph company should bo taxed at $ 0 | Hir milo for ono wire , $110 for two , $ MO for three , $170 for four , $ * h ) for five und the total ussessod value f JJiIW : ) . This is au increase of $10,000 over last year. The Black HllU telephone company was assessed utlblpui' ) mllo-total $4tl. ( > ) . The Sioux Falls telephone exchange $9,000 , the Yank- ton telephone ) exchange $ II,0X ( ) , Aberdeen $1,000 , Watortown # lr.OO. . Tbo Dendwond and Delaware smelting company's plant closed down on thn Mth after a successful run of ton days , during which time Iron tnatto valued at $ r. ,000 lies boon accumulated. The hbut-do\vn U temporary , and In order thut slight changes may b'j made in the furnace. Thu last days of the run were made with coke from Newcastle , Wyo , , coal minus , sixty mlles from Dead wood. This was the first practical test tbo coke has hud. It is considerably lighter tluin tbo Pennsylvania article , and there has therefore been xtrlous doubt as to Its value for .smelting. The test was satisfactory In all respects. Idaho. The Henrietta mlno at Silver City Is noliig pumped out to unable capitalists to examine it. The Boise City Notional bank has received sixteen oars of bulliou from the DoLamar liiluos , valued at &i ; > .000. A party of government surveyors has just arrived hero from Washington to make a topographical nnd geological survo.r of thu Sawtooth range. There nro prospects of a serious labor troubio In the Cojtir d'Aleno country. Nearly three hundred miners In Wurdnor are no.v out on a utrlki' . It U reported that Urn Milwaukee brewery company will build n largo brewery at Sodn spring * to uno the Idaho water in making the celebrated Milwaukee beer. There Is reported to bo moro ere on the Ilaltoy sampling works than can bo shipped In the next ten days , unless more car * are provided than have been for the past mouth. A vein of nickel seven feet wide has IKJOII uncovered near Hotw. Assay * made In Hel ena Indicate that It is very rich. Nlcuei Is worth 7'i i-onts n pound , nud Is only found In u few places. lu ShoMiotio county , Idaho , a few days ngo n man picked UP some opals while out hunt ing a horse that ho sold to a jeweler for $ M ! . Ho savs that ho could gather up several sacks full where ho got tbo ones ho sold. Very rich copper on1 , running high In born gold nud silver , has boon discovered on n tributary of Little Salmon river in Idaho county. The veins uro very lariro and there nro many of thorn. Many prospectors nro going Into that section. On Smoky , in Alturas county , n vein of very rich gray copper silver ere has bsen found. Men nro at work sinking on it , and nredcvoloplng n splendid mine. A cm-load of ere shipped from the Carrie Leonard , u few miles above , raturned la * ounces of silver per ton mid 20 percent lead. Dennis Kellchor brought to Hniley recently some very rich silver fcpecimcns from a hith erto unproHpectcd district. Some time ngo ho went to the Seven Devils country , but finding nothing to suit him he struck out prospecting , and on the head of tno south fork of the Salmon river ho discovered ory In two places ntul made two locations. The specimens ha brought in assnvotl 110 nnd 5SO ounces of silver per ton. This region has never before been pro'pocted. California. Grasshoppers nro now liivnulng the orange groves ut Riverside. Now buildings nnd Improvements to the amount of $ , $00,000 have been undertaken In Los Angeles the past six months. Another big Irrigation scheme is afoot In Tularo county , by which it is proposed to water 18,000 acres from the Tula river. The assessment roll for 1.VJ1 shows the wealth of Tularo county to have increased moro than $1,500,000 during the past year. Adolph Sutro advertised for bids for the erection of the finest public bath homo in the world , on bis grounds near tbo CHIT house. C. P. Huutlngton has given $ \T \ ! > 0 condi tionally to the building fund of the Fresno Young Men's Christian association. It will bo paid when the last payment ou the new building is to bo mado. An Omaha packing company has recently purchased n .smoking and cold storage plant In Los Angeles and will ship moats tn salt from the yards ut Omaha , to bo smoked in Los Angeles for the southern California trade. A use has been found for the foundation of the big Tenth street hotel at Los Anuulos. The hoti'l never was builtbut tbo foundation was laid at a cost of about $ SO.OJO , and is now to bo turned into u fruit drying establish ment. ment.Work Work is to bo begun nt once upon the handsome new building of the Woman's Christian Temperance union nt Sacramento. The Bee .says : A peculiarity of the building not seen hero before will bo in thu construc tion of the walls , xvhich nro to consist of cement supported upon iron latliUiir. This is said to be light , substantial and cheaper than brickwork. . Washington. Several feet of snow still remains on the summit or the Cascades. The proposed industrial exposition nt Spo- katie this your has been abandoned. The farmers of Pclouso have decided to erect on elevator of 80,000 bushels capacity the present summer. The mining regions of the upper Skngittitid its tributaries uro this year uUruclin-r u greater number of prospectors and mining men than ever before. General Manager Miller of the Seattle .t Montana reports tlfty-four miles of track now laid , and the mils are being put down ut the rate of one and one-half to two miles per day.Tho The report that Chinese nro entering the state by way of Skagit river is confirmed. They pass along the Canadian Pacillo to Fort Hope , about thirty miles from the head waters of the Skagit , reaching the river by an old Indian trail. There is no doubt that there is an abun dance of gold in tbo mountains in the vicinity of the Walluwa lake. This district is In fact n part of the mineral producing section on the other sldo of the mountains embracing tbo Pine crcok , Sparta und Sanger mines. The marsh land in Sknglt. nnd Snobomish counties Is rapidly being brought under dyke nnd civilization. With a thorough system of under drainage remarkable results ore se cured. On 10.b2'J acres in Skagit county 15- f > " 0 tons of oats were produced last year ; on 2WO ! acres 0,010 tons of hay were cut. Charles R. Hammond of Cleveland street , London , notoriety , is very low with pneumo nia at Seattle , and has "been removed from the county Jail , where ho is serving n term for larceny , to the poor farm. Ho is deliri ous nnd raves about tbo titled "English ras cals" who promised to send him money and failed to do so. Ore-Ran. Farmers from many sections report' wild oats moro abundant in their grain Holds than over before. A heavy rnm storm , accompanied by thun der nnd lightning , n rare phenomenon at this season , visited Salem the other day. The county court of Baker county bus given notice that the county clerk is author ized to receive no rnoro scalps , make no more nflldavlts , nor issue any more scrip for pay ment of coyote sculps as heretofore the prac tice. In the Pocohontas mountains near Baker- City au old miner named Webb has been run ning n tunnel for twelve years , hoping to find n lost lend of gold bearing gravel. Indica tions are that bo has at last como near the long sought treasure. The asbestos boom In Southern Oregon Is increasing and tbo number of prospectors heading for ISvans crook will cover the whole country. Tbo prospect work H dis closing some line deK | > sIts of the mineral. Over 100 locations have been made nnd about thirty of thc.so uro for Central Point. Some flno yields of grain uro reported In Ynmhill county , In the vicinity of Dayton , where the threshing machines have been At work for several days. Smith Steevcns suc ceeded in getting .V'lOO bushels off u 100-ucro field , the average bolng thirty-six bushels to the acre. John Campbell's Held averaged thlrty-sovon bushels , nnd that of Nell Yorstul thlrty-olght bushels to the aero. Novailn. In the lower end of Lincoln county grass hopper * hnvo devastated everything. The minors of Pine Nut nro moving to organize the Silver Springs niiningdlstrlet. The" town of Cnrlin U livelier than tor years past. Sampling works , costing nbout $1.1,000 , nro being built there. Diphtheria is devastating the Salmon Meadows country. Over twenty-liva deaths nro reported , a frightful mortality for so small n sotllmntmt. The monthly pay roll of the Comstock mines for July foots up $ jKi.V ( ) ( ) , of wlnoh sum the Consolidated California nnd Virginia takes tno lead with ? : .S , < i : > : t. The Consolidated California and Virginia inlnu shipped twelve cars of bullion valued nt $ I7,7W.)7 ' ) to the Carson mint ou Monday , making total sltlimiciita of r'.hl,5'JJ.3'J ' on July account to date. The case of tbo state vs. the C. P. railroad company , Involving the right to tnx.unsur- ve.veil mid-unpatonted lands claimed by the railroad company , which was bouiL' tried nt Austin , was submitted to the court upon an tigruod statement of lucts. John W. Mackay U nt Virginia City nnd lias assumed rhnrgn of operations in the Consolidated California mid Virginia , Ophlr. Mexican and Union Consolidated mlnos , pundlug the nbsonco of Superintendent Ly- mnu , who will spend n brief vocation in Cali fornia , Utah. There are three cotton factories in southern Utah. The schools of Utah county will roopan Monday , August 11. Rich galena ore has been struck In the Wuiatch range uait of Ogdon. If the present rainy season would ropnnt Itself - self annually , southern UtuU wuuld busccuna to none as n grazing ns well ns agriculture replon. On n valuation of frtT.CWS.ri.'H Salt l.nko tft payers will pay 5 mills for city pursin. A consignment of ere from thu F.miiut mine , lu Fish Springs district , assayed 151) ) ounces In silver and 4 ! > per cent lead. While painting n sign lu Urtghum , Joseph Nordstrom fell u distance ) of twenty feet , striking on his hoad. Death resulted in n few hours. The Niagara company has a now ere strlkn In Its Utah mine. This I * nu Iminonso body of ere , fifteen fool thick , which Is worth nbout $70 per ton. A mine has boon discovered In Garden City Rich county , the ore of which assayed : I.PIUI , TJ I-IO per cent , .sllvor. 1' " , , ounces , gold , 1.0 Jontu'iH , value of gold , $ J. 11. Thara nre very good prospects. \Vhcii Yon Silil Oooil-hy. r/ntui / M. Sitiiiulrrit ( n ( lie Sp'-efutor. When you said good-by , my darling , When you suld good'-by , All thu bcMinlug , golden sunlight Faded In the .sky ; All the sweet , ecstatic rapture , All tbo kenn delight That HO long had filled and thrlllod mo , Deepened Into night. When you said good-by , my dearest , From my Iniiely heart Bitter grief caused joy and pleasure Swiftly tn ttopart. How 1 lotigml to stand bcfldoyou , Longi'd to clasp your Hand ! How 1 longed onu word to murmur That you'd umlor.slnnd ! But I had to hide my anguish , Had to still the cry That my lip.s would fain have uttered , When you -said good-by. When you said good by , my darllnj , Did you see my palm Did you think about the moment * Thut were .spent In vain * Did you muse with any sadness On our happy past , On the hours so full of pleasure , Hours too sweet to histl Shall I moot you , shall I greet you , Once again , my level Fate could not bo.stow a favor , That deep joy above. Maybe , If not thoro. my darling , In o world ou hlcli , We may moot , where loft unuttevoJ Are the words , good-by. .4. / / . .S. ( 'Jlic .iciulimu , In the sunny years of youth , When wo battled for tbo truth , Daring danger , toil nnd wrath. Hope was Hashing o'er our path. Whim our eager youth at last Into manhood's prime had passed , Still wo dreamed that wo were strong To loose the world from slu and wrong. Now the evening shadows play On our strength's declining day ; Hope is dead , but well know wo , SVluit bus been must over be. ; .vo77i > Miss Nellie Uystor , grandnlece of Barbara Fi-eilchie , is president of the Woman's Press association of the Pacific coast. "I did It because I love the fire and like to see it blu/.o , " was tbo rtason which Josephine Van Ho IT , n ovonteenearold Brooklyn girl gave for setting lire six times to a house In that city. Miss Ella L. Knowlcs is a leading member of the Montana bar , anil when any of these country judges rule against her ho is very careful to have the court room roar door open so as to bo ready for emergencies. Rev. Edward Bcechor's adopted daughter received at her baptism the uamo of Voice Adams. She was ono of a family of fifteen children , whom her father , n great grandson of John Quiiicy Adams , supported by luctur- ing on "The Voice of Nature " Miss Ella M. Bryant of the Durham college of science has the honor of being the first woman who lias taken the degree of associate 01'science. . Homo without a mother doesn't scorn so bad n place after all , to the young man who has como to see the grown-up daughter of ' the family and who doesn't want to'bo hur ried home. Miss Knaggs , an Ohio girl , Is college edu cated and successfully cultivates n 00-ncro farm. Inhcrstntoof sliicleblessodness she knnggs the earth as n woman will until it yields her bountiful harvests. The wiio of the lat Edward Burgess , the yacht designer , was n Miss Cnrolino U. Suili- vant , of Columbus , O. She was descended from au old and luistocratlo Virginian family nnd was so beautiful a blonde that Fngunnt , the Italian painter , chose her for the model of Erato , the muse of lyric and ntnorous poetry , in his well known picture of the nine muses. Clara Barton , so widely known for her labors In extending the Ro'd Cross society and the Women's Relief corps , Is said to bo the llrst person to decorate soldiers' graves ns patriotic rather than a puraonal act of ham- ago , and is the only person who over sat iu tha Swiss National council ; no other woir.ou cither over received , ns she did from the old Kaiser William , thu Iron Cross of Prussia. A girl in North Union county , Pennsylva nia , donned iimlo nttlro last Sunday night , sallied forth into thn highway , and , with n revolver , relieved a youth of hi.s watch nnd small change in u style worthy of Jack Shop- pard. Shu was captured soon alter , and stated that It was "merely a joke. " It Is cluimeil that the girl had nconsuinlngpassiou for dime novels and wanted to shine with realistic lustre in their favorite field. A well-rounded llpurc , xpnrkliuir brown eyes , dark , isloek hull' rolled back from n low brow , a sweet smile and n pretty , girlish manner , constitute some of the attractions of Nellie Arthur , daughter nf the late president. At n recent function she was becomingly at tired in a black China .silk , made up with draperies and trimmings of turquoise crep chiffon. Mrs. Parnell Is reported to bB gaining re markable facility ns u typewriter since she undertook Iho duties of secretary to her hus band. This , It will be observed , nips other type-writers iu the bud , as It were. Miss Frances E. Wlllard admires tha higher education of women and all thut , but she has nu old-fashioned regard for homo training. As she puts It , "motho- : Ing" Is the host und most liberal of nil educa tions. Mrs. Annie Meyer , author of a recently published bonk on the work of women iu the United Sates , U n beautiful young woman of twenty-four , with n fair fnco from which her dark brown hair Is grncofully rolled back. Mrs. Meyer is a sister of Eunun Lazarus , the Jewish poijtoss , and was tbo llrst to take an examination ut Columbia college. She was also among thu enterprising to whom Bur- nnrd collide for women owes Its existence. George Washington's nearest living km Is Mrs. Fanny Washington Finch of Wnshintr- ton , D. C. , n greit-grandnioce of I ho fiilhcr of his country , ahc is a tall , inao.stic ) woman and In features resembles the portraits of h > r distinguished relative. She is the youngest und ouly survivor of twelve children A Washington woman , Mrs. John R , Mc Lean , Is the happy possessor ot n tut of truly rural environment within tin ) city limits. Her "farm , " as Ills called , was n birthday j ] present from her husband , Iho well-known jj editor , lie owned an entire block ot land in ' a certain part of thu city , nnd , instead of building upon It , transformed - formed It Into something moro than a private park. It U beautifully laid out und planted with lloww.s , und a prctiy cottage , one of tt-o ixirtahlu , grown-iu-a-uinlit sort , permits more than n day's occupancy Poor Mr * . Kronen Sheldon ha paid dearly fur her courageous attempt tn penetrate n > tu mysterious Africa , sa.\i : the Pull Mail Itu'l got. She arrived at Clmrlug-Cross a vontablo shadow of bur buoyant , ohotirful aulf. The name ) ghastly pallor which made Mr. iitanloy luok so prematurely old the IIrat few weeks utter his return from his last expedition has spread over bur face , and as HI | Mupixtd out of the carriage it seumod as If she could unly walk ul all by leaning on her tall iilpens-to. . it Jack , the collie , who tins accompanied Ins mistress on IUT adventurous journey , ami about whoso welfare , before she sol out Mrs , French Sheldon was fur moro concerned than about hoi own , 11 us come buck In oxccdi nt condition , anil iiipiarud | ! extri'iiiulv plcaM-d with hliiuulf und with alt the world us he m cvivml 'he congratulations ( if lluillulo friend ly crowd thut had ashombk'd ou the pmtr r n. Hut though broken In health , ' 'the lady sun U > > " is by no miians ouiutlsllcd wi'li the re. nulls other enUiipruo , which Hhe Iioncy to publish as soon uj her health u rolorc < L
